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| Image | Script | Character | Meaning |
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| 目 |
Level 3
【mù】 eye | item | section | list | catalogue | table of contents | order (taxonomy) | goal | name | title |
目 can be used as:
部首 Chinese Radical
【目】俗称“目字旁”，“目字旁”的字多与眼睛或眼睛的活动有关。
The radical "目" is commonly known as 目字旁(mù zì páng). Chinese Characters with the radical 目 are usually related to eyes or activities of eyes.
32 HSK Characters with the radical 目.
目: Used as a Component in Characters
7 HSK Characters contain 目 as a component, but not as a radical.
词根 Word Root
The original meaning of 目 is eye. Its meaning was gradually extend to "item; section; list; catalog; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title".
Both 目 and 眼 refer to eyes. 眼 can be used alone, such as: 把眼睁大 (open your eyes wide). 目 is used only in compound words.
目 can be used to form compound words. When used as a root, 目 can express:
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jiémù
3
performance | show
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mùdì
4
purpose | aim
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mùdìdì
4
destination
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mù biāo
5
target | objective
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tímù
5
exercise problems | examination questions
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mù lù
5
catalog | contents
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mù qián
5
at present | at the moment
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xiàng mù
5
item | article
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yīmùliǎorán
6
clear at a glance | understand fully at a glance
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jǔ shì zhǔ mù
6
attract worldwide attention | world spotlight
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kē mù
6
subject (in a curriculum) | course
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lán mù
6
column
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máng mù
6
aimless | blindness
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mù dǔ
6
see with one's own eyes | witness
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mù guāng
6
sight | vision